Wisconsin PSC greenlights severe fixed-charge increases
Public Service Commission staff has recommended a doubling of fixed charges for Wisconsin Power & Light residential and commercial customers on Jan. 1, pending a final ruling by the end of the year
Solar+storage cuts Vermont utility grid charge by $200,000
A recently completed solar+storage project at Green Mountain Power’s Stafford Hill Solar Farm project shaved enough August peak energy use that Green Mountain Power is saving $200,000 from its annual bill from the New England grid operator.
Make Solar Great Again
In the most recent election, Populist candidates issued thinly veiled calls to return to an America that makes tangible goods. But can solar be part of a manufacturing renaissance in the United States? And what would be needed to make solar in America?
BREAKING: Demand charges removed from Illinois nuke bailout bill
The move follows the governor’s office calling such charges “insane”. The provision to eliminate net metering has also been removed, as well as subsidies for coal-fired power plants.
Trump reiterates delusive “clean coal” message
In YouTube video outlining the first 100 days of his administration, the president-elect again promises to bring coal jobs back — a pledge he cannot possibly keep
Mosaic closes deal for a $250 million financing facility from Deutsche Bank
The California-based solar loan provider for homeowners has added another substantial capital warehouse to its growing financial clout, this time a $250 million facility from Deutsche Bank, as it aims to have $1 billion available for solar loans by summer 2017.
JinkoSolar supplied modules for 140 MW PV plant in Minnesota
Chinese PV manufacturing giant, JinkoSolar, was chosen to supply its 72-cell solar modules to the North Star Solar project in Minnesota, U.S., which will be the largest solar plant in the American Midwest once it is connected to the grid later in the year.
TVA & NextEra put online Alabama’s largest PV plant
The 75 MW River Bend Solar Energy Center represents a rare entry by TVA into the world of non-hydro renewable energy.
Bay4 Energy sells Ekhosoft software to Power Factor
The acquisition unites two of the dominant software platforms in the clean-energy-software marketplace
Tesla officially acquires SolarCity
The largest residential solar developer is now officially part of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle and battery empire.
